Had a pretty rough day on Tuesday. The day started off as normal; i went to school to teach but happen my teacher's taking the class to excursion in the city. So I'm happy that I don't need to teach. What's more is that the excursion is "going to the movie". LOL.. i loved the idea. Oh boy, was I wrong to think it's *better than teaching them at school*. =.='

So 3 teachers (including myself) and 1o students went on a trip to the city by train. Most of the kids have never venture out to the city, let alone went by bus or train. Having $25 on them was a pretty big responsibility, as they don't know the value of money and had never had *so much cash* on them b4.

Anyhow, movie was at 11:30am... we wanted to watch Fantastic 4 but then the timing of the movie was all wrong so we had to watch the Bridge to Terabithia. Sidetracking, the movie was so so only; I think i had too high an expectation because the i thought the ad was fantastic! lol. That's beside the point....

In the movie, we were in teh Studio Cinema, which was like smaller than the ordinary cinema =.=''... ANyhooos, 10 students sat at various places and me and another teacher sat at the back. There was one boy who sat next to the fire alarm box (u know that red box with glass on it ~ if there's a fire, u break the glass and that'll set off the fire alarm). Anyhow, that was located at the very front right hand of hte place, where that boy was sitting; right next to it.

If u think u can guess what's gonna happen, you're probably right... 3/4 into the movie, the fire alarm went off. We had no idea what is happening, cos the bloody alarm didn't sound anything like the ordinary fire alarm... =.=' must have been in place for yonks, that it's outdated.. But nevertheless, it's not outdated to the point it doesn't reach the fire brigade. 10mins later, the fire brigade came (2 trucks with 12 firemen), came to the Academy cinema at 12:40pm. =.='' so embarrassing la... not just our theatre had to stop screening, but all the cinemas in the building. Sigh... when the fire brigade came into our theatre and investigated, they found that the glass on teh fire alarm box had been smashed...so and asked us (the boys) if any of us had been playing with us. One of the other fat boys, go and point at the one who did it, and said "him ~ he did it". Haiyo, that idiot go and dob him in =.='.

So.... that being pointed out..... we are in big trouble. Not only we may get a fine for breaking the glass deliberately w/o any good reasons (eg fire or smoke), then they will issue a fine, cos it causes them trouble to get them out to the spot. If there is a fire or faulty fire alarm, then it's ok & we wouldn't be fined.

So, after the movie ended, the manager was outside waiting for us already. He spoke to the teacher in charge, which is my teacher..... and got his details. He will be given a phone call today to see whether he has been fined....He is responsible for the kids he takes out..... The fine itself is not cheap you know... Up to $5000 fine =.='' so heaadache... I feel so sorry for my teacher... But i pray nothing will happen to him. Actually, he get fined and actually it will be the school who will be responsible also for paying the fine...

Then... after the movie, we went for lunch at Myer.. Man... now i know how headache it is to take students out for excursion ~ every little thing that they do, you are responsible for it. After lunch, the kids start to wander off; get them back and they go somewhere again. Haiyoh...

Anyways, that was one of my exciting outings with the students; the most exciting one so far. *ps: please feel the sarcasm there~ I'm also beginning what I have signed myself up for~ but nevertheless, I will not be moved by lil kids ~ I will finish what I started.

That night, my house also got big argument also... =.=' so it wasn't my day AT ALL. Don't wanna go into the details here, but yea, ended me up in tears. Nowadays, I never cry, cos I find that (1), I look damn horrible when i cry (2) dunno but for some reason, i get headache or really stuffed head after crying (3) i don't like to get so emotional in front of ppl (4) my tears leak out when i'm alone; it doesn't when i'm in front of ppl (5) i seldom cry anymore as I'm older

I'm okay now juz in case you're wondering if I'm ok or not. It was just the overwhelming build up for the day... so I guess I was abit emotional in the end.

I realise also that I need to take 6 courses for Semester 2, if I don't wanna work myself to sleepless nights next year Semester 1. Cos I am doing an accelerated program of 1.5 yrs, I have 5 weeks practicum in Sem 2 2007 and 6 weeks practicum in Sem 1 2008, hence will be very busy in Sem 1 2008. So i guess if I could take 6 courses in Sem 1 2007, then I could do 6 courses in Sem 2... I hope i can get through it